Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)/The Biology of NGS
The Biology of NGS
[edit | edit source]# what will be in this section
Essential concepts
[edit | edit source]# based on Lawrence Hunter's Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists (#1)
# Must be modified and shortened!
1. What is Life? 2. Living Parts: Tissues, Cells, Compartments and Organelles 3. Life as a Biochemical Process 4. The Molecular Building Blocks of Life 5. From Genes to Proteins 6. Sources of Biological Knowledge 7. Experimental Methods in Biology (link to more detailed information on NGS in #3 of the parent directory - Principles of the field)
Survival Glossary
[edit | edit source]# DNA, RNA, gene, protein, genetic code, central dogma of [molecular] biology, transcription, translation, expression, splicing, sequencing, genetics vs genomics, transcriptomics, expressomics, ...
# linked to the sections explaining these in detail
Useful Resources
[edit | edit source]1. Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists An introduction written by the founder of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Lawrence Hunter. The text is from 1993 but it contains all essential concepts. 46 pages.